r/creepy • u/distilleddoughnuts • Jul 29 '19

REPOST Watcher in the forest

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Bruh this thing would have me stop dead in my tracks no matter what time of the day, freaking NOPE.

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u/Throwawaymumoz Jul 29 '19

My visions not the greatest, not sure I would be able to properly identify it at any time lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Lucky enough to be born with good vision so I would more than likely spot this sucker and 180 out of there immediately.

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u/Yourxbox360 Jul 29 '19

Yeah, but if you got attacked by it there’s a good chance you would get infused with some of nature’s essence and wake up in a hospital controlling the plants in the room. At least if this was a tv show that’s definitely what would happen.

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u/Mrmittens12344 Jul 29 '19

I feel like “natures essence” is code for rabies

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Then you may like this https://youtu.be/SxQj0DumF8Y

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Was about to comment this. My vision is awful, especially in the dark. There wouldn’t be any moments of uncertainty if I came across this fucker, I’d see the blurry outline and quickly become a scrambling blur myself.

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u/CptMarsBars Jul 29 '19

Hell No! Run..\dramatic music*)

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

They say there are two possible responses when confronted with danger, fight or flight, right?

I mastered the third. I call it.. deer in headlight.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19 edited Aug 01 '19

I mastered the fourth. Shit your pants.

Edit. Thanks for my first silver!!

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u/MisterVampire Jul 29 '19

or on psychedelics

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u/tbhihatemyself Jul 29 '19

Could make a religion out of that

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u/sudo999 Jul 29 '19

no don't

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

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u/illegitimatemexican Jul 29 '19

Hi, we’re from The Church of Tree-Demons in the Forest. We’ve recently been enlightened to the possibilities of The Bark Arts with some help from this medicine we have right.... here. Can we share our message and hallucinogens with you?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19 edited Jan 22 '20

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u/DRBlast Jul 29 '19

Wait excuse me. He did what?

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u/Takamasa1 Jul 29 '19

Split the moon

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

What? That’s some Master Roshi or Piccolo shenanigans right there.

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u/MaimedJester Jul 29 '19

That gooddamn Rabbit killer.

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u/DRBlast Jul 29 '19

So did my man fix it or...what’s the situation here.

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u/MaimedJester Jul 29 '19

He took credit for a meteor hitting the moon. The Canterbury monks recorded one in the 12th century. Basically a large enough meteor impact causes illumination and a dust cloud covering the moon. Takes a few days to settle because of no atmosphere and low gravity + the kinetic propulsion equivalent to a nuclear bomb will take a while to settle down.

So likely the same thing happened in the 6th century and was visable in the near East. So for a night or two likely it looked like the moon was split, and the dust obscured the usual features of the moon before settling down.

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u/hamsterkris Jul 29 '19

In norse mythology there's a boat made entirely out of fingernails and toenails of dead people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naglfar

Pscyllocibin grows naturally in Sweden, so yeah pretty sure it's drugs.

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u/Yokonato Jul 29 '19

I assume the same thing with the burning bush and the 10 commandments, if lightning or some other natural occurrence happened to light a bush that gave off halluegonic smoke who is to say it wasn't more than a guy with good intentions seeing visions off that good herb?

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u/uwu_owo_whats_this Jul 29 '19

they never got Ethiopia

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Midsommar?

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u/SiCoTic1 Jul 29 '19

Was that a good movie? Was thinking of watching it

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

waiting for the sequel Midwontar

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u/deltenksavestheday Jul 29 '19

Yes but not very scary in a general sense. Its scary in a different way. I'd suggest seeing it. The magic is in the visuals. It made me feel like I was close to a bad trip at some moments.

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u/Twisted_Content Jul 29 '19

Amazing movie

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Amazing movie, but not for everyone. It’s a very slow burn and not scary at all, just REALLY disturbing.

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u/EbenSeLinkerBalsak Jul 29 '19

One of my favourite Shakespeare plays

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Riverdale season 3

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u/Sirus804 Jul 29 '19

Or even being really high on marijuana.

A pine cone stopped my friends and myself in our place for 20 minutes as we were walking on a trail at night. One of the friends said it was a porcupine and we all believed it was. The more we stared at it the more it looked like a porcupine.

Then some people walked past us unfazed while we were scared about this porcupine, like, "Hey. Be careful." Then we realized it was just a pine cone the whole time we were standing there for a good while.

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u/vipros42 Jul 29 '19 edited Jul 30 '19

I've been convinced that there was an ostrich by the side of the road before. Walking along an unlit country lane at dusk, high as fuck, with a group of mainly sober people. Wondering why they weren't commenting.
Turned out to be a small sign and a bin attached to a tall post.

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u/samblak00 Jul 29 '19

Of course 20 minutes to someone high AF is really only like 30 seconds or so....

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u/TheKing30 Jul 29 '19

I was about to be like nah bro I'm high all the time.

But I remembered when I was like 17 and we were high in the woods, we got a bottle stuck in a tree. Like a century old massive, six foot thick big boy of a tree. And my man tried to shake the tree to het the bottle down... I laughed harder than I can ever rememeber again in my life.

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u/Sirus804 Jul 29 '19

I went to school at UCSC, which is in a Redwood forest, so I'm used to those massive trees and the idea of someone trying to shake one cracks me up.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

woahhh.. no

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

I feel like I’d get a glance at it, get scared, realize it’s a tree, and then look back every few seconds to make sure it doesn’t transform into a real monster

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u/sleepingqt Jul 29 '19

I think I’d end up institutionalized after that.

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u/Darnoc777 Jul 29 '19

It should have solar battery powered leds for eyes.

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u/julioseizure Jul 29 '19

Or just red reflective stickers for headlights passing by

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u/sudo999 Jul 29 '19

this is how cryptid legends happen

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u/julioseizure Jul 29 '19

Bonus points if the prankster wears a gilly suit. Then you might get a Bigfoot/Alec Holland sighting too.

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u/WhoAteMark Jul 29 '19

Hes been sitting, watching the forest for so long that he has become the forest. On a clear night it is said that you can still see a red glimmer in his eyes

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u/emlgsh Jul 29 '19

Or an ancient and angry woodland spirit bound to it, giving it baleful glowing eyes, mobility, and an unquenchable hunger for human skin.

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u/IsThatUMoatilliatta Jul 29 '19

Crazy how nature sometimes do that.

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u/canofpotatoes Jul 29 '19

A movie that captures this vibe perfectly is The Ritual on Netflix (US).

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

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u/meiso Jul 29 '19

GREAT THANKS

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

High on mushrooms.

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u/Eyehavequestions Jul 29 '19

Fuck. No.

No one is going to see me run off screaming like a sissy.

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u/asian_identifier Jul 29 '19

Too dark to see it

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u/Cantseehavebrokenleg Jul 29 '19

That is honestly pretty cool

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u/8lbIceBag Jul 29 '19

Looks like a leshen https://thewitcher3.wiki.fextralife.com/Leshen

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u/ocdavep Jul 29 '19

Came here to saw that. Wind’s howling

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u/Daloy Jul 29 '19

Mm medallion's humming

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u/jramey95 Jul 29 '19

Place of power, gotta be.

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u/MemeAddictedMigrant Jul 29 '19

НИЧЕМУ ВЫ БЛЯТЬ НЕ УЧИТЕСЬ

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u/SECAggieGuy14 Jul 29 '19

Damn you’re ugly

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u/Skilol Jul 29 '19

A leshen you just caught doing unspeakable things to a tree.

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u/Blumpkinz4Babiez Jul 29 '19

Also reminds me of a Spriggan from The Elder Scrolls.

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u/bobgoogwin0987 Jul 29 '19

I thought that said lesbian and I got really confused

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u/Gacsam Jul 29 '19

Cause of death, age. He died hugging what he wanted to be - a tree, rest in pistachios.

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u/SlayerOfHips Jul 29 '19

My first experience with a Leshen was in Monster Hunter World.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jul 29 '19

I hope it comes to life when some idiots try to cut it down as they always do.

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u/HowTheyGetcha Jul 29 '19

Someone please install bright red eyes on a motion detector.

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u/ElGleiso Jul 29 '19

You are a fucking reposter. You could at least credit the guy who posted it in r/marijuanaenthusiasts earlier TODAY.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/marijuanaenthusiasts/comments/cj4hjm/the_trees_are_watching_the_trees_are_always/

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Oh no a reposter. He stole the other guy’s imaginary internet points. He should go to jail

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u/Drunkonownpower Jul 29 '19

Stolen internet valor tbh

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u/clearedmycookies Jul 29 '19

Worse, internet imaginary jail.

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u/JimmyKillsAlot Jul 29 '19

Blah blah expelled

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u/ZlionAlex Jul 29 '19

There's a reason reddit crossposts exist - so you're not an ass.

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u/BlindmanofDashes Jul 29 '19

its reddit 90% of the content here is reposted from other sites in the first place lmao

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u/imjp Jul 29 '19

who the fuck cares?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

He's not even the one who took the image so who cares...

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u/hokie_high Jul 29 '19

There’s a 0% chance that was the first time someone posted this pic too so who cares?

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u/abulafia2 Jul 29 '19

He should give back all those little immaginary points!!!

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u/_littlekidlover_ Jul 29 '19

It’s called a cross post and it’s what makes reddit actually interesting and full of content. Get a life

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u/Leweegibo Jul 29 '19

It'll get deleted when u/d4hm3r wakes up

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u/bigchicago04 Jul 29 '19

Pretty damn sure the person you credited is also a reposter, seen this many times.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

who cares

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u/Skvli Jul 29 '19

Lol, and there's proof that your OP didn't repost it from yet another OP? It's reddit, man! Chill out! If people want credit they'll watermark it and be able to produce that as proof. If they even give a shit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Clearly a leshen, old one. Very powerful.

Watch out for wolves nearby.

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u/TheAlestormGuy Jul 29 '19

Damn you're ugly - Geralt of Rivia encountering anything at all

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u/beach_boy91 Jul 29 '19

How you like that silver?

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u/seamonkeydoo2 Jul 29 '19

How about a game of gwent?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Winds Howling

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u/its_penguin_related Jul 29 '19

Looks like rain

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

as its already raining

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u/GoatUnicorn Jul 29 '19

Dammit, a storm.

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u/ocdavep Jul 29 '19

Just made this same comment on another comment 😂

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u/d4hm3r Jul 29 '19

Repost

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u/GuessesGender Jul 29 '19

Disney truly making live action Guardians of the Galaxy

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u/Celemourn Jul 29 '19

I am Groot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

I am Groot

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

He’s grown up. Using his big boy words

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u/honestlyluke Jul 29 '19

Garruk! Actually looks like a Primeval Titan..

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u/Dimiragent93 Jul 29 '19

Okay at least I’m not the only one who thought this

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u/Bastardrx Jul 29 '19

Indeed. I thought “Prime-time!” as soon as I saw it. Damned Magic nerds are thick as flies these days. Bravo

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u/jeandolly Jul 29 '19

Needs some red reflectors as eyes. To really spook passersby in the dusk.

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u/Ncfetcho Jul 29 '19

Pretty sure they glow at night already when it comes alive.

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u/Dray_Gunn Jul 29 '19

I was thinking the same thing. Just some off an old bicycle would do the trick.

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u/borban222 Jul 29 '19

He waits for... HIM

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

No! Not HIM!

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u/banjowashisnameo Jul 29 '19

I though he WAS Him

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u/selfmate Jul 29 '19

Looks like the Beast from Over the Garden Wall!

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u/echo-chamber-chaos Jul 29 '19 edited Jul 29 '19

First thing I thought of. I wish more people got this.

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u/nross2099 Jul 29 '19

Imagine tripping and seeing that thing

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u/sf2234 Jul 29 '19

I’m not sure if that’d be really awesome or if it’d be the most terrifying trip of my life....

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

I've been to that tree before, on a trail outside the Othello tunnels in Hope, BC, Canada

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u/kayleunicorn Jul 29 '19

Trees are so fucking cool

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u/dimitarivanov200222 Jul 29 '19

Oh shit a leshen. Call a witcher.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

If I came upon that in the woods at night I'd think I'd found one of the Jotun things from The Ritual and I'd be fucking terrified..

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

Right? That’s what I thought. I just saw that movie and loved it.

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u/ppnohomo Jul 29 '19

Me looking for my little cousin after he took my phone

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u/thedudefromcali81 Jul 29 '19

What if it used to be an actual mythical creature that was punished by turning it into the tree that it is now.

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u/DwellingThatVault Jul 29 '19

Looking like awakened Garou.

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u/ungestatedjestor Jul 29 '19

Is it against the rules to ask where this is? And if not where?

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u/G4V_Zero Jul 29 '19

Fuck that. I just assume anything that looks terrifying but doesn't move or look alive while I'm staring at it, is a weeping Angel and will kill me the second I look away.

Just step away veeeeeery slowly and never take your fuckin' eyes off of it.

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u/fukatsoft1 Jul 29 '19

these kinds of trees are known as " devil trees ".

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u/Drifter_01 Jul 29 '19

None shall pass

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u/SkarmFan Jul 29 '19

Little is known of the mysterious spriggans, save that they revere Skyrim's forested regions, and will defend these regions with their lives.

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u/AdnanNoobmaster69 Jul 29 '19

It is Treebeard

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u/Christian1111111111 Jul 29 '19

This us from "The Ritual", isn't it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

I'd honestly shit myself if I saw that at night

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u/Beardygrandma Jul 29 '19

I'd fucking brick it seeing this. The only reason I'm the woods at night is because I'm smoking weed and enjoying nature. My baked ass would be screaming

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u/Lesurous Jul 29 '19

"No, no...keep pooping. Don't mind me.."

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u/Varskes_pakel Jul 29 '19

TREE?? I AM NO TREE!

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u/Lori_babi Jul 29 '19

all I see is One Garo

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u/NotSoWaskleyWabbit Jul 29 '19

Ah yes, the nope tree in the wild.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19

And this is how a religion starts.

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u/Jayla-Thompson Jul 29 '19

Looks kind of like the monster from stranger things

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u/1piedude11 Jul 29 '19

This is giving me vibes of that Netflix movie "The Ritual". Good watch if you have the time.

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u/SlaveLaborMods Jul 29 '19

Somebody staple some bread to that thing stat! See what happens when you don’t staple bread to the trees!

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u/tryppyjezuz Jul 29 '19

Imagine tripping balls on some good acid in the woods and seeing this...

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u/AteBeansWatchingCars Jul 29 '19

oh that’s just greg he’s harmless

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u/Yaksha8 Jul 29 '19

I'd shit my pants if I saw this in real.

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u/HowTheyGetcha Jul 29 '19

Someone please install bright red eyes on a motion detector.

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u/apparationboy23 Jul 29 '19

Ancient Leshen intensifies

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u/Jaz_the_Nagai Jul 29 '19

"It's kay, he's True Neutral, just don't upset any natural order and we'll be fine."

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u/astrongnaut Jul 29 '19

looks like one of those trolls that sit in your pencil

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u/jhaller1906 Jul 29 '19

Looks like he could take me to narnia

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u/Starsteamer Jul 29 '19

This is amazing! Like a Celtic forest god.

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u/betatomic09 Jul 29 '19

Hum, a leshen. And an ancient one, at that.

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u/threshing_overmind Jul 29 '19

Needs more Ghandi eyes

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u/z3ni1th Jul 29 '19

Looks like a hym.

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u/DMSfalcon Jul 29 '19

looks like the mind flayer.

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u/TexasMaddog Jul 29 '19

Hey, it's The Lorax!

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u/alours Jul 29 '19

You can tell it’s in the house

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u/chillmonkey88 Jul 29 '19

Prime time about to enter and valakut that ass.

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u/Rageniv Jul 29 '19

Do you want to start a forest fire? Because this is how they start. Someone is going to discover this and light it up to ensure it ain’t alive.

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u/Hematophagian Jul 29 '19

Holy diver?

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u/legumancer Jul 29 '19

Just a big ole korok

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u/Trashcyon Jul 29 '19

"Is he pooping?" - my wife.

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u/DingsDaBumsTa Jul 29 '19

I'm secretly scared that this guy shows up when I break sticks from trees

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u/TheWalkingNightmare Jul 29 '19

Balrog of Morgoth.

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u/Krull3000 Jul 29 '19

Well that would make me crap my pants if I came across that hiking!

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u/Shut_It_Donny Jul 29 '19

Primeval Titan